Public Sector Pre Sales Leader

Wearezendr; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

3pX Group Holdings Ltd is seeking a dynamic leader to build and lead the Pre-Sales function, driving customer engagement and shaping solution strategies in a UK-based OSINT environment. The role involves recruiting and mentoring a team of solution consultants, delivering demos, and collaborating with Sales, Marketing, and Product to win strategic deals.

The ideal candidate has extensive pre-sales leadership experience in SaaS or intelligence-focused contexts and can translate complex

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading pre-sales, tradecraft, or solution engineering teams in a SaaS or intelligence-focused environment.
• Strong understanding of national security, law enforcement, or financial crime domains.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to translate complex technical capabilities into mission-relevant value propositions.
• Experience with enterprise sales cycles, RFPs, and technical evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Build & Lead the Pre-Sales Team: Recruit, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of solution consultants and technical pre-sales specialists; Define the structure, processes, and success metrics for the pre-sales function.
• Customer Engagement & Solutioning: Lead customer discovery sessions to understand mission needs and translate them into tailored solution proposals; Deliver compelling product demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and technical validations.
• Sales Enablement & Strategy: Collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, and Product to align go-to-market strategies; Support strategic deals with technical expertise, proposal development, and stakeholder engagement.
• Thought Leadership & Evangelism: Represent the company at industry events, webinars, and customer briefings; Stay ahead of trends in open-source intelligence, national security, and law enforcement technologies.
• Training & Customer Success (Interim): Own regional training responsibilities and support the region's existing Customer Success Manager for a transition period.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with Product and Engineering to influence the roadmap based on customer feedback and market insights; Ensure smooth handover from pre-sales to post-sales teams for successful onboarding and delivery.

Skills

Pre-Sales Leadership

OSINT Domain Knowledge

Enterprise Sales

Stakeholder Engagement

Public Sector Experience

Job description

Experience supporting Public Sector agencies is required! Bonus if you have a mission-focused background!

About the Company

An OSINT vendor with a platform enabling a safer world through advanced open-source intelligence solutions. Their platform supports national security, law enforcement, defence, financial crime, and due diligence missions. With customers across public and commercial sectors, the company is scaling rapidly and investing in a world-class pre-sales function to support its growth.

Role Overview

Seeking a dynamic and technically astute leader to build and lead the Pre-Sales function. This role will be pivotal in driving customer engagement, shaping solution strategies, and partnering with account teams to win new business. The ideal candidate will combine deep OSINT domain expertise with commercial acumen and a passion for solving complex mission challenges.

Key Responsibilities

Build & Lead the Pre-Sales Team:

• Recruit, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of solution consultants and technical pre-sales specialists.
• Define the structure, processes, and success metrics for the pre-sales function.

Customer Engagement & Solutioning:

• Lead customer discovery sessions to understand mission needs and translate them into tailored solution proposals.
• Deliver compelling product demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and technical validations.

Sales Enablement & Strategy:

• Collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, and Product to align go-to-market strategies.
• Support strategic deals with technical expertise, proposal development, and stakeholder engagement.

Thought Leadership & Evangelism:

• Represent the company at industry events, webinars, and customer briefings.
• Stay ahead of trends in open-source intelligence, national security, and law enforcement technologies.

Training & Customer Success (Interim):

• Own regional training responsibilities and support the region's existing Customer Success Manager for a transition period.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work with Product and Engineering to influence the roadmap based on customer feedback and market insights.
• Ensure smooth handover from pre-sales to post-sales teams for successful onboarding and delivery.

Qualifications

• Able to commute to London within approximately one hour.
• Proven experience leading pre-sales, tradecraft, or solution engineering teams in a SaaS or intelligence-focused environment.
• Strong understanding of national security, law enforcement, or financial crime domains.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to translate complex technical capabilities into mission-relevant value propositions.
• Experience with enterprise sales cycles, RFPs, and technical evaluations.

3pX Group Holdings Ltd is a Limited Company in England and Wales. Registered Company Number 14826718. Registered Address Figurit Niddry Lodge, 51 Holland Street, London, W8 7JB.